The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist: A Novel

Sophie Gonzales

Mar 2024 · Macmillan Young Listeners · Narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker

About this audiobook

In this enemies-to-lovers romcom for fans of Ashley Poston and Rainbow Rowell, a fangirl brings her fictional heartthrob to life and finds that the real world might just be better than fiction...

Ivy Winslow has the house to herself for a week and her only plans are to binge-watch her favorite fantasy TV show, H-MAD, hang out with her best friend, Henry, and avoid her former best friend-turned enemy (and neighbor), Mack. But things go awry when Ivy wakes up one morning to find Weston, the gorgeous and very fictional main character of H-MAD, in her bedroom, claiming to be her soul mate.

Ivy’s fanfic writing has somehow brought Weston as she’s imagined him to life, but living out her fanfiction dreams isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Her not-so-fictional crush is causing some major real-world problems and Ivy is desperate for help. To figure out why Weston is suddenly three-dimensional, she ropes Henry and a reluctant Mack into the chaos. As they spend more time together, Ivy and Mack are forced to deal with the fallout of their broken friendship and might just realize that they both want something more.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

Ratings and reviews

This had a whole lot of stuff in it I'm not used to reading, but I did enjoy it. Is it my favorite ever? No. This is a Young Adult, magical realism and LGBTQ romance. I thought it was cute and entertaining. The main character, Ivy, writes fanfic (not something I was familiar with till this book) of her favorite TV show and the main character magically appears in her bed and is totally mad about her. Things are definitely not as they should be and she ends up needing the help of her one friend and the estranged friend who lives across the street to keep this dude out of trouble. The gorgeous guy is mixed up with fantasy and I don't know what else. He has powers, but the results aren't always what Ivy wants. Sometimes what you want is right in front of you to start with. I listened to the audio version narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker. The narration was good, but once again my old ears had issues with the soft parts mixed with the louder parts. Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the audiobook. All thoughts are my own.

About the author

SOPHIE GONZALES is a young adult contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she can be found ice skating, painting, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of Perfect on Paper, Only Mostly Devastated, and The Law of Inertia, and If This Gets Out with Cale Dietrich.